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Box 12.5
ENGEGA PLAN

The first Engega Plan (2016-2018) produced very case of buses, there is no maximum price for sales to
good results. Investment amounted to €3.1 million the public.
and registrations of electric and hybrid cars already
shot up to 211 units in the first year, with a continuing Scrappage grants: €1,000 for car scrappage and
trend in 2017 (215 registrations) and 2018 (222). €1,500 for scrappage of a van or truck (at least 15
years old) associated with the purchase of a new pure
The second cycle of the Engega Plan (2019-2021) electric, extended autonomy or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
had total funds of €750,000 for 2019, €500,000 for The scrappage grant for a vehicle associated with the
2020 and €750,000 for 2021. As for 2022, the funds purchase of a new, energy-efficient diesel, petrol or
increased to €800,000 in the face of strong demand. non plug-in hybrid, is also €1,000 for cars and €1,500
The strength of this initiative and citizens’ interest can for vans or trucks. Moreover, grants are offered for
be seen in the figures recorded since 2019, with 736 scrapping vehicles without a purchase (€500 for a car
authorised grants for a total budget of €3,169,941. and €750 for a van or truck).

The grant conditions for the 2022 Engega Plan are Grants offered at the sale point: for the purchase
the same as in the previous year, but with the novel of a four-wheeled vehicle or bus, the grant is €1,000,
addition of vehicle categories, and the grant to and €250 for a motorcycle. For the scrappage of a
purchase a plug-in hybrid car is determined on the vehicle associated with the purchase of an energy-
basis of the CO emissions: efficient vehicle, the grant is €1,000 for a car, van or
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truck.
Grants to buy EVs (electric vehicles): €8.000
for a pure electric and extended autonomy vehicle; The balance of the 2022 Engega Plan was very 117
€1,500 for a pure electric motorcycle; €13,000 for a positive: 174 grants were awarded, 120 to purchase
pure electric van or truck, and €24,000 for a bus. In electric cars and 54 for scrappage, of which 44
the case of purchasing a new plug-in hybrid vehicle, were for the new line of scrappage without a vehicle
the grants for cars are €3,000 (more than 61 g/km purchase and the other 10 were associated with the
of CO ); €3,500 (51 – 60 g/km of CO , inclusive) purchase of electric or energy-efficient vehicles. The
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or €4,000 (up to 50 g/km of CO , inclusive). For amount granted exhausted the available €800,000.
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vans, the grants are €6,000 (up to 50 g/km of CO ,
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inclusive) and €5,500 (more than 51 g/km of CO ). The The call for applications for the 2023 Engega Plan
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maximum grant is 35% of the vehicle value. In parallel, has funds of €740,000, which have already been
maximum price scales have been established for exhausted in awarding 166 grants, 117 of which are
accessing the grant to buy new vehicles, which can be to buy vehicles and 49 for scrappage. This year’s plan
pure electric, extended autonomy or plug-in hybrids. has covered the requests for purchases of electric
Specifically, this is fixed at €50,000 for cars, €65,000 and efficient vehicles that were presented in 2022
for vans or trucks and €7,000 for motorcycles. In the and remained on the waiting list.

broadband internet lines per 100 inhabitants grew slightly to 50, and the ratio of mobile phones
per 100 inhabitants rose to 139. Andorran economy: developments in the main sectors | XII. Services

As for the trend in telephone traffic, in 2022, the same trends continued from the previous
year. Specifically, national land line traffic minutes decreased (-17%), as did mobile network traffic
(-3.4%). Equally, international incoming traffic continues to decrease, following the pattern of
recent years, but outgoing traffic increased 1%. For its part, fibre optic internet telephone traffic
maintains very high rates of growth (+17% for both national and international), and national mobile
internet traffic also grew significantly (+35%).